Present perfect tense and Perfective

Present perfect tense

Present perfect tense noun - A perfective tense used to express action completed in the present.

Perfective and present perfect tense are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perfective" instead a noun phrase "Present perfect tense".

Perfective

Perfective noun - A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect).
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Synonyms for Perfective

Present perfect tense and perfective are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Present perfect tense" with "Perfective", this terms are similar.

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